Expogelato
Francesca Perani

Expogelato

francesca perani enterprise as Architects

Gelato and the color that doesn’t exist: black. A strongly materials-oriented sculptural 45 days installation in three different location of Bergamo city center. Transparency and bright colors enrich the vision and bring, on stage, the vitality, the history and the experience of Italian and Bergamo companies gravitating around excellent artisanal gelato.


Francesca Perani architect and designer (recent winner of the Space Award at Biennale Interieur Kortrijk), has designed a 45 days installation in the heart of Bergamo city centre ‘Expogelato’. As part of side 2015 Expo events, the set of a public programme of exhibitions, business meetings as well as workshops promoted by Chamber of Commerce Industry Craftsmanship and Agriculture of Bergamo and organized by Marketing +39 association with the scientific support of Gelatieri Bergamaschi Committee .


A strong sensorial exhibition where the visitor is filled with unusual materialities. Architecture, design and communication work together creating a true Gelato Experience. Three historic sites in the heart of Centro Piacentiniano in Bergamo, more than 800sqm area, three unique experiences to be tasted in sequence: discovering, making and eating. The historical Cloister of Santa Marta, the gallery, Piazza Matteotti: places connected by a soft, black floor, the unexpected and neutral stage for varied and multifarious colors, flavors, intoxicating scents typical of artisanal gelato. Visitors are invited to enjoy the materiality of the installation through all senses.


The design starts in the cloister of Santa Marta, witness of the historical and cultural development of Gelato and the display of the Italian Companies that make it so unique. The approach is not invasive; the setting runs on transparent acrylic slabs and soft floor; 15 triangular flags draw with the architecture of the colonnade cones whose content remains imaginary. The whole area feature a thin tinkling of bells, family recall of ice cream vendors who joyfully solicit greediness of the youngest. Triangular seats made of recycled rubber, run through Piazza Matteotti, breaking up and then gathering up again, in a soft urban living room. A sculptural public living area of taste, meeting and play enjoyed day and night by children and adults.


"I wanted to represent the richness of a world normally ignored, full of professionalism, innovation and experience, with a disruptive design, creating a sense of initial disorientation which is then replaced by a sensorial experience" soft "and visionary. An installation born from the will to represent the most essential emotional states that connect us to a such unique food: happiness. " explained Francesca Perani.

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ElementBrandProduct name
FurniturePEDRALI
Acrylic ProductsFirma Snc
Recycled EcorubLATEXCO Solutions
LightingLuce In
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